Introducing myself, and giving some answers to questions I am frequently asked

Using VideoPad on a PC

Mac some with good video editing software (iMovie) but PCs and Windows provide editors that are not as capable. I have personally used several different video editors on a PC in addition to Windows Movie Maker 2.6 and Windows Live Movie Maker. The best one I have found, at least for my purposes, and the one I recommend for use in courses I teach, is VideoPad by NCH Software. CLICK HERE if you want to explore their web site. It's great that they offer a free version for personal use! I tried that and liked it so much that I licensed the paid version. The free version is fine for your use in doing class projects. Here is what the VideoPad editing screen looks like:

VideoPad lets you combine video clips, remove segments, copy segments, insert still images, extract frames and insert them as images, adjust sound track level or remove sound tracks, insert a music sound track, adjust the brightness and contrast of a clip, use a wide variety of transitions, and apply special effects to clips. The free version creates .avi files which are fine for uploading smaller projects, but one reason I licensed the full version of the software ($69) was that it can output .mp4 files which are more compact than .avi and seem to load to YouTube better. For screen capture and inclusion in instructional videos I use Camtasia (big ticket software!) or Hypercam 3 (free) and then combine and edit video segments using VideoPad. Here's what the vendor's web site look like:

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The pics at left have nothing to do with this content except that Abe L. lived in Illinois and the other pictured here also do (well some of them anyway). It seems he had more hair than some of the others. :) Jim